The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
KEEPING CELERY.
A narizcd Plan Furnished BY I'm Ex.
perienosd Farmer.

perienosd Farmer.
His first move before making thu
trench for the plants is to plow tn
sell il lands three or four yards wide,
leaving a dead furrow in the center.
"We plow." he says, sat least three
times, sticking the pillow in the second
or third time almost up to the beam.
This repeated blowing leaves a mass
of fine, loose. mellow soil on each side
of the trench. At the bottom of this
dead f1rrow dig out a trench a foot or
fifteen inches wide, and set in the eel.
cry plants as in the former case. We
draw The celery plants on stone boats
TO the trenches. Aud in taking them
up we leave considerable soil adherine
to the roots, Do not bruise The celery.
aud # aHy Of the leaves are touched
with fros. cut off The parts affected. II
is much easier to keep out decay than
to ston It after it has started. With
an abundance of loose, fine earth all
around tho trench. nothing is
easier than to place the plants
nicely and properly in the trench,
with & little earth between. In fact,
it viii be easier to put in the earth
than 10 keep it out. as it is necessary
10 draw the earth plowcd out back tc
The trench, and more or less Of it will
ret in between The plants. This is
Just what you want. but you must
avoid letting the earth get between
the STALKS Of the plants, as il is much
trouble 90 wash il when preparing the
celery t8T the table. Cover The trench
With boards as before mentioned.
Cove, The boards a foot thick with
straw, and throw earth upon it from
the sides Of the trench. We do moi
usually tHi,h the work At once. Ii The
weather : warm here may he danger
of ths solgry healing i'll tie trench.
This mqs. be specially guarded
against. This is why we like to have
earth Between the plants. Instead Of
throwing on all the earth on the tor
aud sides ufthc trench atoNce, we pre-,
fer TO wait until about the 1st Of D..
eaMlbef, or just before very severe
frosl sals in. The plant;
.JU sufficiently protected tc
keep out raju, and to pre-,
vent laiary from N nights frost,
howcTG sudden aud severe it may be.
Then the sol! on each side Of the
trench Is 80 loose and porous that We
can p'ow it Or spade it easily, while
HDbl2kgn soil is frozen solid. Al this
flnat covering up for the winter, put
ou another layer Of straw and cover il
up thoroughly with earth. and that is
all there i, TO do. 1t will form n ridge
high enough TO shed rain, and of course
you VIII sec that there is no danger of
vatel 50 king into the celery trench
the surface. When celery is kept
in this way n q trench, spadcd out Of
anp,uwc1 earth, it will be ncccs-
70 lake a little more pains TO keer
out frost. The danger ia not 50 mucl
lie top as from the sides of the
rcncb. where the earth Is unbrokcn.
A covering of leaves, on pine needles.
1r that:, OF straw. for a yard or more
on each side of the trench, and a foot
thick, vii make you entirely safe. 1t
viii oa we'd to cover with fine earia..
"CC.sry will keep just as we'll in q
Good celia. rs ia u trench, provided
liza. j Is -tgated precisely as though, i,
was n a trench. The roots mu.r be
u rDGtac. with moist earth. and there
must % earth enough around the
10 prevent too much
evaporation. Draw 4 cart-ioad or
moro ii fine, clean. sandy soil
nto Inc cellar, Place a board, Il fool .
pr moro wide, cdgewisc on the cellar
luor, parallel 70 The cellar wall, and
from eighteen inches TO two feet from
i. Make il firm in any way most ION.
7enieDt H. this box or trench set IN
The celery, Pack the earth around the
roots and between the plantS-the
up he better. Ii you have
'nlr q lev Leads to keep in the cellar .
tine hoy may be sci in Il box, ,
ign ae4. inches or Two feet deep, treat
at precisely in the same way as above.
If 'hn soil at the bottom Il the box
-cts dry, It must be watcred, A GOOD
.4an would be 10 set the box in water